Too many of us as Christians have stopped our progress at the cross but we have not gone on to experience Christ on the throne. Today’s message I believe we’ll get much help how to progress on our Christian life.

We’re going to see Christ today as the Great High Priest ministering in two aspects. I think this portion of Scripture may tend to scare some people off because they just don’t understand what these types and pictures refer to and how they apply to them. The message we’re hearing today so clearly defines both of these aspects – the priesthood according to Aaron and the priesthood according to the order of Melchisedec. We will get a full appreciation of what has been accomplished by Christ as our High Priest.

Through Moses and his brother Aaron, God established the priesthood in Israel. These priests all in the linage of Aaron continued for nearly 500 years. The final priest of the Aaronic priesthood was Eli. But by his time the priesthood had become stale and had waned. God desire to move in a new and fresh way among His people. But to accomplished His move He needed to turn the age and initiated a new priesthood and raised up prophets in Israel and even established the kingship which would paved the way for Christ to be brought forth. The one that God chose at that time for this major turn in His move was the young boy Samuel. Samuel become the first among a new priesthood and he also become the first prophet of Israel and he ushered in the kingship by establishing David both to be the king and to be the ancestor of the coming Christ.

In the Old Testament arrangement, all those who were born in the line of Aaron were designated automatically to the priesthood. To be a priest was not available to everyone. But the Lord made a provision for any among God’s people who voluntarily choose to serve Him in an absolute way. It was called the vow of the Nazarite. Under the provision of this vow, a person’s living and characteristics were subjected to the highest and strictest standard. Though such a formal vow with its restrictions is not directly associated with the New Testament economy, in principle, the Lord desires all of His children to be real Nazarite even today, just as the Lord Jesus lived so absolutely for God and to God. As we look into the vow of the Nazarite on today’s life study.

Consecration is an Old Testament term used only a few times in the Bible. Yet it bears deep and significant meaning to all born again children of God that love Him and have given themselves over to Him. This is a term that worldly people can never really know or understand but what about us? Do we really appreciate what it is to be consecrated to the Lord Jesus?

This word consecration that some Christians are familiar with or may be have used in a certain context but it only appears in the Old Testament mainly in Leviticus, Exodus and Numbers. In its original context, it dealt with the sons of Aaron who were the priests at that time and they were consecrated or ordained for service in the tabernacle. It’s the use of this term in it’s New Testament application to us as Christians that we want to look at today. more…

Exodus (Program #139) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (9)

As Christians we all know that our salvation in Christ is presented throughout the pages of the New Testament. The gospels show us the savior in His humanity and the epistles open up the content of God’s eternal plan and purpose. So why then do we even need the Old Testament? Is it just for the stories and lessons that we can learn by studying the inspirational lives of great men? The answer must be an emphatically “No”. For it is in the Old Testament that we can see many details concerning Christ and our own experience of Christ that cannot be seen in the New Testament. These details like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle when properly assembled present us the most complete picture of the riches of a genuine life in Christ. Don’t miss today’s life study of the Bible.

Exodus (Program #137) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (8)

Most of the time when we come to God it’s because we need something. Our needs can be outward or material, inward or spiritual. God’s measure to us for our real need is always the same; He offers us Christ to meet our every need. But Exodus revealed that God not only offered something to us, He is also looking for us to offer something to Him for His satisfaction. “What do I have that God could possibly want”, you might ask. Stay us today for the surprising answer.

Exodus (Program #136) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (7)

Exodus chapter 28 and 29 gave us a detailed picture of how the priests prepare themselves for the services in the tabernacle. But it’s the goal of that preparation that is most interesting. Following the elaborate washing and dressing, came a time of feasting, both for God and man. Once again, the unveiling of the details in Exodus provide us with real help in our own enjoyment with Savior Christ.

Exodus (Program #135) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (6) Redemption and Germination, Feasting on Christ, Peace and Wave Offerings

There is a wonderful verse in Romans chapter 5 that is known and loved by most Christians. This is verse 1 “Therefore having been justified out of faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ” Peace with God through Christ. This is a major theme of the good news of the gospel. The Old Testament picture of peace through Christ was the peace offering in Exodus 29. As we have seen again and again in our life study of Exodus, a picture is worth a thousand words. If you appreciate the peace that Christ has secured for you, you won’t want to miss today’s life study of the Bible.

Exodus (Program #134) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (5) Universal Priesthood, Redemption, Peace and Burnt Offerings

As genuine born-again Christians, we need to realize that it is possible to be saved and even forgiven of our sins yet fall short of God’s goal for our salvation. What is this goal? Revelation 1:5-6 tell us Jesus Christ has lose us from our sins by His blood and make us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father. Yes we are saved, but can we boldly declare that also we are priests to God? To see what it really means to be a priest, we have to look into the types and pictures in the Old Testament. We will, on today’s life study of the Bible.

Exodus (Program #133) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (4) God’s Food, Anointing and Peace Offering and Blood

The gospel of John 1:29 contains a well-know phrase to most Christians, “behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” If we’ve ever enjoyed this verse, we’ve enjoyed Christ as the fulfillment of the offerings described in the Old Testament. This realization of Christ as seen through the Old Testament in a general way is very precious to us. But even more precious is to see the details associated with many of these Old Testament offerings. For each of them display another marvelous facet of God’s Lamb and our Savior Christ.